- Re: HELP! Need info re TSH, cytomel

[Guest guest]

Hi, -

How frustrating to feel so hypo and not be able to prove it :-(

Cytomel usually keeps our TSH elevated, but in spurts; it's very possible that

if your blood was drawn a few hours later in the day, your TSH would have been

much higher. I'm not a doctor, but I'm

confident that you're more hypo than your blood test indicates.

Also, I have found that when I'm back on meds after a scan, it usually takes me

a while to feel 'normal', even when my TSH has returned to suppression. It's

like a Slinky; it takes a while for my body to

catch up with my numbers. It's possible that you're experiencing something

like that, but in reverse.

I'm sorry to say there's no way around this slow and often frustrating process.

NYC

" J. Bronstein " wrote:

> Hi guys:

>

> I've been on cytomel since 7/6, and since I was feeling poorly I thought

> I'd get a TSH run, as per many people's suggestion. And it was 0.07!!

> Can it be that TSH actually doesn't climb while one is on cytomel, but

> only begins to climb when one is off everything? If the TSH is 0.07, why

> do I feel like I've been run over by a truck?

>

> I'd ask my endo but he's out of town and my primary care doctor can shed

> no light on the matter.